I WAS AT HOME, BUT

festival

Berlinale Competition

Synopsis

Phillip, a thirteen-year-old school boy, disappeared without a trace for a week. When he reappears, his mother is confronted with questions that lead to a changed view of her life.

Biography

Born in 1962 in Southern Germany., Angela Schanelec studied Acting in Frankfurt am Main, followed by engagements at the Thalia Theater Hamburg and the Schaubühne Berlin. From 1990 to 1995 she studied Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. She is a professor for Narrative Film at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Her films have screened at the Berlinale, in Cannes and in Locarno.

Filmography:
2016 - THE DREAMED PATH
2014 - PRINCIP TEXT, short
2010 - ORLY
2009 - ERSTER TAG, short
2007 - AFTERNOON
2004 - MARSEILLE
2001 - PASSING SUMMER
1998 - PLACES IN CITIES
1995 - MY SISTERS GOOD FORTUNE
1993 - I STAYED IN BERLIN ALL SUMMER